158 pages ; 22 cm

"In this indispensable work, Academy Award nominee Mike Figgis offers aspiring filmmakers a step-by-step tutorial on how to get the very best from digital filmmaking technology. He outlines the equipment and its uses, and provides an authoritative guide to the shooting process - from working with actors to lighting, framing, and camera movement. He dispenses further wisdom on the editing process and the use of sound and music, all while establishing a firm aesthetic basis for the digital format. Offering everything you could wish to know on the subject, this handbook is a reference for the digital-film enthusiast - whether your goal is to make no-budget movies or simply to put your video camera to use for more than just holidays and weddings."--Jacket

Choosing your weapon, learning to love it -- Excursions into Super-8, 16mm, Super-16 and Hi-8 -- Customised cameras, video aesthetics -- Pre-production, part 1: The Budget -- Pre-production, part 2: Location -- Lighting -- Camera movement -- Working with actors -- Post-production -- Music -- Distribution

"In this indispensable work, Academy Award nominee Mike Figgis offers aspiring filmmakers a step-by-step tutorial on how to get the very best from digital filmmaking technology. He outlines the equipment and its uses, and provides an authoritative guide to the shooting process - from working with actors to lighting, framing, and camera movement. He dispenses further wisdom on the editing process and the use of sound and music, all while establishing a firm aesthetic basis for the digital format. Offering everything you could wish to know on the subject, this handbook is a reference for the digital-film enthusiast - whether your goal is to make no-budget movies or simply to put your video camera to use for more than just holidays and weddings."--Jacket

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